21 Pakistani policemen found dead

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Dec 30, 2012 at 12:01 AMDec 30, 2012 at 10:53 AM

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Twenty-one tribal policemen thought to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in Pakistan's troubled northwestern tribal region early today, government officials said.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan ó Twenty-one tribal policemen thought to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in Pakistanís troubled northwestern tribal region early today, government officials said.

Officials found the bodies shortly after midnight after being notified by one policeman who escaped, said Naveed Akbar Khan, a top political official in the area. Another policeman was found seriously wounded, Khan said.

The 23 policemen went missing before dawn on Thursday, when militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons attacked two posts in Frontier Region Peshawar. Two policemen also were killed in the attacks.

Militants lined the policemen up on a cricket pitch late last night and killed them, said another local official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.

No group has claimed responsibility, but the Pakistani Taliban is suspected.

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